Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 a76474f772ac460e…

MALICIOUS

PDF

38.4 KB Created: 2021-05-15 00:31:15 +07:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.6 (via Qt 4.8.7) First seen: 2026-06-04
MD5: ca8b7d01ee64302763559b983ebaab1c SHA-1: cbcad99740c4ae98f23008ff2fc2aca059a1247b SHA-256: a76474f772ac460ed440494e99490e594e468732f8ca4e7b83ad4b99fe157137
130 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF document contains a critical heuristic firing for a game hack redirector lure, pointing to a known malicious URL. The document body also contains the same URL and a call-to-action phrase, reinforcing the deceptive nature of the file. While no scripts were extracted, the embedded malicious URL is the primary indicator of compromise and suggests a phishing or scam attempt.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier clean score 0.0334

Heuristics 4

  • PDF links to a 'free generator / game hack' redirector critical PDF_GAME_HACK_REDIRECT_LURE
    PDF's clickable action targets a redirector of the form /app/<id>/<slug>-game-hack — the landing-page shape of a large SEO 'free spins / generator / game hack' lure family that funnels victims through rotating disposable hosts to a malware/scam payload. The multi-link variants also trip ML/link-farm rules; this catches the single-link variants that otherwise score clean. CRITICAL on its own: the /app/<id>/<slug>-game-hack path shape is unambiguous scam infra, and the host rotates so a host-list match can't be relied on.
  • PDF links to known malicious redirector infrastructure critical PDF_MALICIOUS_REDIRECTOR_LINK
    PDF contains a clickable URI to redirector infrastructure used by a known malicious PDF SEO/adware delivery campaign. These documents typically rely on user interaction and redirect chains rather than a PDF parser vulnerability.
  • Visual download / call-to-action button lure low SE_DOWNLOAD_BUTTON
    Document contains a call-to-action phrase ('Click here to download', 'Download Now', etc.) — low-signal unless other findings point to a malicious workflow
  • Embedded URL info EMBEDDED_URL
    One or more URLs were extracted from the document. The URL itself is not a detection — see the per-URL labels for which channel (macro, JS, link annotation, document body, ...) reached each URL.
    URL https://netcdn.xyz/app/431946152/how-to-get-free-robux-without-verification-game-hack In PDF document text
    • http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MIT_LicenseIn PDF document text

Extracted artifacts 2

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off000034a6.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x34A6 28132 bytes
SHA-256: cff153564b4db0922a26f32df583d2c0677150d6b956ffc7f47f05b1dc5a2924
font_01_sfnt_off0000727d.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x727D 19128 bytes
SHA-256: fe2fba94a2d86c9c71a87afecb14f9f9cb432365285dbf62d8027955010708b1

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